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Re: deleted
Hullo. :) You could definitely do a lot more with this. At the moment, it reads like a rather curious shopping list of poetical ideas: Freedom freedom Spreading wings Butterflies ...
Jul 24, 2011 -
Re: Nothing Short Of Chardonnay
Aaand I'm here. :D Well, that was mental. But I actually really liked it! So this isn't so much a review as an ode to your wonderfully crafted randomosity. (Sorry ...
Jun 20, 2011 -
Re: What's wrong with this as a beginning?
Hey! Just to let you know, I've moved this to General Fiction, since this is where we put things for reviews! Fiction Discussion is more to do with generic discussion ...
Jun 4, 2011 -
Re: My Home
Hello! I find this to be far too narrative. Too declarative. The problem is, the line breaks seem arbritary and irrelevant - it seems as though to were just trying ...
Mar 3, 2011 -
Re: Remember me
Hullo! Firstly - basic grammar. Reread this a couple of times and look out for elementary errors (hint: capital letters, homophones!). That's much more useful than my telling you what ...
Jan 13, 2011 -
Re: Greenbelt 3
Hullo. I don't really know what you're trying to say here. You're running the risk of rambling over excessively abstract ideas that sound nice, but don't leave much of an ...
Nov 28, 2010 -
Re: old poem
I agree with Snoink. The rantiness of blogs don't come off well in poetry for the simple reason that they don't go much further than the basic feelings we endure. ...
Aug 27, 2010 -
Re: the fielder's mitt
I found it! Despite being only about four pages long, it took me a while to understand how this fitted into Catcher of the Rye. I only read it a ...
Aug 17, 2010 -
Re: Elyse- Chapter 1
Hey! =] My first impression upon reading this was just how rushed it seemed - it felt like you were trying to run through this character's life so that we ...
Jul 23, 2010 -
Re: Descent
Hullo. :) The first stanza seemed to be going somewhere, with its ambiguity and abstract images, but then as the poem went on I realised that these uncertainties and questions ...
Jul 11, 2010 -
Re: If Only
Hey! Welcome to YWS! :) This is had a an excellent opening, and a great deal of potential from the first couple of paragraphs. However, I think this is too ...
Jun 29, 2010 -
Re: Desire
Hey! I'm going to be negative: this really bored me. Sure, there was some interesting assonance with the whole "gasoline/pain" but if you just look at those lines, you will ...
Jun 28, 2010 -
Re: Swear chp 1
Hey! =D Okay, so! The opening paragraph was way too short, too brief and unexplored. I know you're trying not to give anything away, but just slow down - put ...
Jun 27, 2010 -
Re: Writing on my walls
Hullo. Okay, so, this was certainly interesting and somewhat original. But what I think this poem is lacking is substance. The writing on the walls is just a metaphor for ...
Jun 27, 2010 -
Re: a moment of realisation, edit
Hey! In the first paragraph, you say that the main character heard the sound before feeling pain, and then describe how there was no pain. That doesn't really make sense. ...
Jun 27, 2010
